Undergraduate Course: Creative Approaches to the Natural World 1 (ARTX07045)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 7 (Year 1 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Lifelong Learning (ECA) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | THIS IS A FOR-CREDIT ONLY COURSE OFFERED BY THE OFFICE OF LIFELONG LEARNING (OLL); ONLY STUDENTS REGISTERED WITH OLL SHOULD BE ENROLLED.
This course explores creative ways to represent the natural world with the focus on ¿flora and fauna¿ through drawings, paintings and mixed media art works. The series of images produced will comprise of notes, sketches and studies that focus on different aspects of the complex natural forms. Students will be encouraged to challenge and explore new methods of working and build an understanding of the materials, and a personal development of the language of colour, tone, form and composition. To augment studio work the student will be expected to gather useful notes and drawing in their sketchbook that explore the interdependence of plants and refer to microscopic imagery of the two different groups of organisms. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, through attending classes and engaging in directed and independent study, students should be able to:
RESEARCH
research and examine aspects of form and function and anatomy of some plants and animals
Explore the notion of interdependence between plants and animals
Research current trends in art and design relating to the ethics of the depiction of animals in art
PRACTICE
create a series of sketches, drawings and mixed media studies which demonstrate a range of creative responses to the subject
develop strategies to develop a more considered approach to the subject
develop work that reflects an unique point of view
PRESENT
a considered body of work and engaging works which reveal a personal response to the natural world.
Evidence of ability to collate research and sketchbook work clearly and in an organised way.
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Assessment Information
This course will be assessed by the submission of a portfolio of visual art works within the discipline studied. This will include a selection of resolved art works, preparatory studies, visual research and evidence of a contextual awareness through a completed sketchbook and/or visual journal. The work must be presented in a clear and professional manner appropriate to the discipline. The submission should include work undertaken within the class as well as directed and independent study out with the class. Typically, this will comprise:
- Class Contact hours: 27.5 (work undertaken during the class)
- Directed hours: 27.5 (work the tutor has set students to each week in their own time)
- Independent Study Hours: 45 (work students set themselves to do, relevant to the discipline studied)
The combined submission will be assessed against the three learning outcomes for this course. These are equally weighted and each will be given a percentage grade. To pass, students must achieve a minimum of 30% in each learning outcome and an overall combined mark of 40% minimum.
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Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
Not entered |
| Transferable skills |
observing the natural world as a creative practice
drawing and painting from nature
using composition and design
ability to undertake research and reflective practice and apply these in the context of a creative response to the natural world within visual culture
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| Reading list |
Recommended
ARBELOFF, N., 1973, designing with natural forms, London: Batsford
BLOSSFELDT, K., 1998 , Art forms in nature : examples from the plant world photographed direct from nature, London: Prestel
PLOUS, P. 1987, Terry Winters, painting and drawing, Sta Barbara CA: University Art Museum
1995, Ian McKeever : the Marianne North paintings, London: Matt¿s Gallery
MARTIN, R., 2008, Contemporary botanical illustration with the Eden Project, London: Batsford
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Robbie Bushe
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Course secretary | Ms Sherrey Landles
Tel: (0131 6)50 3003
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